Linotype-machine.



J. R. ROGERS.

LINOTYPE MACHINE. AP-PLIOATION FILED FBB.15, 190B,

Patented Apr. 27, 1909.

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JOHN R.- ROGERS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW ASSIGNOR T0 MERGENTHALER LINOTYPE COMPANY, A CORPORATION NEW YORK.

LINOTYPE-MAOHIN'E.

No. 919,957; I

Patented April 27, 1909.

Applicatioiiflled February 1a, 1908. seiau No. 116,063.

To all whom it may concern." Be it known that I, JOHN R. Rooms, of

the borough of Brooklyn, countyo f Kings,

and State ofNew York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Linotype-Ma chines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference more particularly to li'notype'machines of the general organization represented in U. S. *Letters Patent No. 436,532, and has in view the more speedy andconvenient removal and application of the magazine in which the matrices are stored, so that one font or set of matrices may be re laced by another.

The magazine is a at channeled structure secured to a heavy base-frame located in an inclined position in the top of the main-frame, the upper end being aboutsix feet from the Hour. This base-frame is removably seated at its lower end on supports in the frame,

and near its 11 iper end on a cross-bar or rod.,

in order to e cot its removal, its lower end must be disconnected and tipped upward, after which the whole structure must be drawn bodily backward and downward over the supporting-rod. Owing to the weight of 1he-magazine,--which is about 150 poundsand the locatiop of the support approximately six feet from the floor, this is. a laborious operation, requiring the efforts of two persons. i In order to overcome this (llllltlllly, I mount in the frame a lever or equivalent movable support, by which the ma gazino maybe rocked upward at its lower end, arounththe supporting-rod, and maintained in a horizontal, or substantially horizontal position, so tha't,a single attendant standing behind the machine, may conveniently and safelyeffect its removal.

- By reverse operation, he may in like manner apply a substitute magazine. v

The drawing represents a vertical section from front to rear through the upper part of a linotype machine having my invention incorporated therein.

.With the exception of the parts hereinafter described, the machine may be in all respects of ordinary construction.

Referring to the drawing,'A represents a rigid main-frame; B the inclined channeled magazine; and C the flat skeleton baseframc upon which the magazine is secured, and by which it is revented from twisting or curling out of s ape.

D represents a horizontal rod seated in the main-frame} and supporting the upper end ofthe frameC, winch has a hook-like port'ion'c engaging around the rod.

Eflr resents one of the supports upon which t 1e lower end of base-frame O rests.

F is the vertically channeled facelate into which the matrices are delivered rom the lowerend of the magaizina- V .The foregoing parts are all constructed in substantially the same manner as in the patcut above referred to, the arrangement being such that the magazine may be tipped up-' ward atthe forward end, and then carried rearward. and downward over the rod D out of the main-frame.

Heretofore it has been necessary for one attendant to raise and support the forward end of the magazine while another, standing at the rear, seized. it at the rear end and aided in moving it backward, the first operator finally passing to the rear to assist in lifting the magazine from the machine and replacing it by another.

My invention contemplates means for quickly raising the forward end of the magazine until it assumes a substantially hori zontal position, and then maintaining it in such position while it is being withdrawn from the machine.

Referring now to my improvementin the form rtpresented in the drawings, G reprcsents a hand lever. It ie mounted near its middle at g on a horizontal pivot on the main-frame, its forward end being extended forward beneath the base-frame of the mega zine in such form as to exert a liftin effect thereunder, .while its rear end is fas ioned in such form that it may be readily operated by the attendant standing behlnd the machine. I

When the ma azine is to be removed, it is only necessary for the attendant to depress the rear end of the lever, whereupom the forward end will tip the base-frame and the magazine thereon upward to a horizontal' position, as indicated in dotted lines. While the parts are in this position, the lever may be locked by the introduction of a pin H through a hole- I in the main-frame behind the lever, as indicated in dotted lines.

The magazine being now supported in its elevated p0sition, the operator, retaining his position behind the machine, has only to seize its end and draw it rearward and rock it downward over the rod D. During the backward motion and until it over-balances at the rear end, the magazine receives support both from the rod D and from the forward end of the lifting lever. This admits of its being easily and safely handled.

In applying a magazine, its forward end is rested upon the rod D, after which it is pushed forward thereover and supported at its front end on the lever, after which the latter is unlocked and the lowercnd of the magazine permitted to fall to its operative position.

The essence of the invention lies in combining 'withIa magazine supported at its upper rear'end as desc ibed, a lifting and sustaining means under the control of the attendant, and while the lever in the form shown answers an excellent purpose and is applicable to existing machines. it is to be understood that it may-he ,varied in Form and replaced by'any other lifting and sustaining device having a similar mode of action, that is to say, any device which will serve to hit and to ten'iporarily snp 'iort the lower or forward and of the magazine.

While it is preferred to leave the lever in the macl'iine as a permanent part, itwill. of course be understood that it may be removed at will and used in other machines. This ren'u'ival may be efi'ected either by withdrawing the pin 9, or by lcaving the seat for the pin. open in the under side, so that the lever may he lifted from its place.

While it. is preferredv to have the magazine permanently attached to and removable with the base-frame C, it will of course be understood that the base-frame may remain permanently in the machine,;and that when the base-frame is. in the elevated position, the magazine may be ,Withdrawn endwise therefrom at the rear of the machine. In such case, the magazine will be seated loosely on top of the base-frame.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Pat'- ent,-

1. In a linotype machine having an inclined magazine supported at its upper rear end, and removable rearward overits support, means adapted to lift the forward end of the magazine and sustain the same in. an elevated position during its removal.

2. In a linotype machine having an inclined magazine sustained on a rod D and removable at the rear over said rod, means extended to the rear of the machine and adapted to lift the forward end of the magazine, said means including a locking device by which the magazine is maintained in the elevated position.

2; A. linotype machine having an inclined magazine removable at. the rear over an elevated support, in combination with a lever G adapted to lift and support the forward end of the magazine. and means for locking said lever, substantially as described.

4t. A linotype machine having an inclined magazine sustained at its upper rear end removalle at the rear,in combination with 111 tans whereby the magazine may be lifted at the :tront to a horizontal position, and means for locking the lilting means in the elevated position during; the removal or in-' sertion of the magazine.

In testimony whcreol I hereunto set my hand this first day of February, 1908, in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

. J OHNR. ROGERS.

W itnesses ROBERT GJCLARK, JESSIE I. SMITH. 

